Gingerly, Retailers Try to Pass Along Higher Costs

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Companies that sell consumer mainstays from beer to dresses, from steaks to tires, are rolling out price increases in a collective test of America's economic strength.

Coffee retailer Starbucks Corp., clothing firm Jones Apparel Group Inc., and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. are among the many companies wrestling with higher raw-materials costs and looking to pass along some of those costs to customers.

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...rice+increases

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Re: Gingerly, Retailers Try to Pass Along Higher Costs

Companies that sell consumer mainstays from beer to dresses, from steaks to tires, are rolling out price increases in a collective test of America's economic strength.

Coffee retailer Starbucks Corp., clothing firm Jones Apparel Group Inc., and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. are among the many companies wrestling with higher raw-materials costs and looking to pass along some of those costs to customers.

More here:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...rice+increases

Evidently they didn't get the deflation memo... :-(